Jon Leers sports his AR-15 rifle and Glock 17 pistol Saturday as he and his wife, Shallon, join the Indiana Moms Against Gun Control rally at the Tippecanoe County Courthouse.

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MaryJane Slaby
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Around 10 a.m. Saturday, Stephanie Karpicke welcomed a crowd on the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge. The group held anti-gun violence signs and behind them, balloons with names of Sandy Hook victims fluttered in the breeze.

Just minutes before and a few blocks away, Mike Breece walked down Main Street with a shotgun over his shoulder. He walked to the Tippecanoe County Courthouse facing Columbia Street and joined a second crowd there.

Saturday morning was filled with activism as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense met on the bridge and Indiana Moms Against Gun Control met at the courthouse. ...